Top surnames from the 1881 census in Honeychurch, Devon

Honeychurch is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Devon

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
BROOK1420.2899526.32
SLOMAN1014.49286,666.67
HILL913.043551.22
FORD68.695789.29
CHING57.24644,545.45
CROOK34.3478151.52
AVERY22.8986172.41
HAWKINS22.898640.00
PIPER22.8986147.06
HARRIS22.898611.40
FLOOD22.8986327.87
COCKRAM11.4493434.78
SOUTHWOOD11.4493500.00
GAY11.4493108.70
DIMOND11.4493500.00
STONEMAN11.4493357.14
STEER11.4493123.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SLOMAN0.07696666.6667
CHING0.07694545.4545
BROOK0.0769526.3158
DIMOND0.0769500.0000
SOUTHWOOD0.0769500.0000
COCKRAM0.0769434.7826
STONEMAN0.0769357.1429
FLOOD0.0769327.8689
AVERY0.0769172.4138
CROOK0.0769151.5152
PIPER0.0769147.0588
STEER0.0769123.4568
GAY0.0769108.6957
FORD0.076989.2857
HILL0.076951.2237
HAWKINS0.076940.0000
HARRIS0.076911.4025

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 69 people called SLOMAN in Honeychurch at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 6666.6667 in Honeychurch means that 6666.6667% of the people in Honeychurch on census day were called SLOMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SLOMAN in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called SLOMAN as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called SLOMAN here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called SLOMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Honeychurch means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SLOMAN in Honeychurch than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Honeychurch in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

AVERY (2)  BEDDAWAY (1)  BROOK (14)  CHING (5)  COCKRAM (1)  CROOK (3)  DIMOND (1)  FLOOD (2)  FORD (6)  GAY (1)  HARRIS (2)  HAWKINS (2)  HILL (9)  NILE (5)  PIPER (2)  SLOMAN (10)  SOUTHWOOD (1)  STEER (1)  STONEMAN (1)